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Posted: Jul 11, 2021 @ 9:48am
Updated: Oct 9, 2022 @ 3:21am

Darksiders Genesis

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☐ No Difficulty
☐ Easy
☑ Standard
☐ Big Learning Curve
☐ Hard
☐ Impossible

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☐ Everyone
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Mature

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☐ What Is This?
☐ Bad
☐ Acceptable
☐ Good
☑ Great (Especially the introduction!)
☐ Stylistic
☐ Beautiful
☐ Masterpiece

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☐ Bad
☑ Nothing Special
☐ Good
☐ Great
☐ Beautiful
☐ I´m Gonna Cry

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☐ This Game Has No Story
☐ Nothing Special
☑ It´s Alright
☐ Well Written
☐ Epic Story
☐ Thinking About It, When I Sleep

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☐ Nothing To Grind
☐ Isn't Necessary To Progress
☑ Average Grind Level (If you want to collect everything)
☐ A Lot Of Grinding
☐ You‘ll Need A Second Life For Grinding

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☐ Free
☐ Underpriced
☐ Perfect Price
☑ Could Be Cheaper
☐ Overpriced

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☐ A Toaster Could Run This
☐ Low
☑ Average
☐ Above Average
☐ High End
☐ NASA Computer

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☐ Really short ( 0 - 4 hours)
☐ Short ( 4 - 12 hours)
☑ Average ( 12 - 24 hours)
☐ Long ( 24+ hours)
☐ Multiplayer/Neverending

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☐ Game itself is a bug
☐ Lot of bugs
☑ Few Bugs (Getting stuck between rocks and sometimes finishing off enemies we're out of loop)
☐ Nothing

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☐ I´d Rather Watch Grass Grow
☐ Hard To Enjoy
☐ Repetitive
☐ It's Okay
☑ Fun To Be Had For Sure
☐ The Kind Of Fun You Will Remember
☐ Life Changing

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☐ One-Time Experience
☑ Only For Achievements
☐ If You Wait A Few Months/Years
☐ Definitely
☐ Infinitely Replayable/Multiplayer

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☐ No
☐ Wait For A Sale
☑ Yes
☐ I Can´t Recommend It Enough

TOP 3 FUN THINGS TO DO:
⭐️Collecting trickster keys and upgrades.
⭐️Using War and Strife's abilities.
⭐️Hack'n and Slash'n enemies.

THE UNIQUES:
💎Fun platforming puzzles.
💎Great design in characters and abilities.
💎Satisfying combat.

PLAYER GAMING REQUIREMENTS:
💼RPG.
💼Action.
💼Hack and Slash.

VERDICT:
This is the first Darksiders I've played and it certainly left me wanting more, the reason I started with this game is because it's based before the original Darksiders. If the other games are anything like this then I'll enjoy them immensely, the main pointers are the character designs and voice acting, their spot on and fit the characters brilliantly, the second point would be the combat style, It's so smooth and you can tell the characters get stronger with each passing level. Aside from the odd glitch I got when finishing of enemies the gameplay is great!

I was left a little disappointed with the story aspect, it started off strong but as the story progresses, it started to go a little dull and the ending was nothing short of disappointing. Unless they carry this on in their coming games, the cliff hanger wasn't appreciated!
Total Score = 78/100.

SIMILAR GAME LIKE THIS? / REVIEWER PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:
Lost Ark, Grim Dark.

GAMEPLAY:
Darksiders Genesis is a top-down hack and slash action role-playing. It is considered a spin-off prequel game in the Darksiders series and introduces the fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse, Strife, as the protagonist. Strife can also team up with his brother, War.

■■■■■■■□□□ 7 / 10
The jumping puzzles... Mmmmm'wah! Gorgeous!

RECOMMEDED SPECS:
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
Storage: 15 GB available space

Review to Darksiders: Warmastered Edition: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198202022263/recommended/462780/

Review to Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198202022263/recommended/388410/

Review to Darksiders III: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198202022263/recommended/606280
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6 Comments
Rapid Shadow Feb 20, 2022 @ 8:04am 
This has been sorted, if you look at my more recent reviews, you can see that it's been fixed. Thanks for the comment though!
Subtle Madness Feb 18, 2022 @ 1:20pm 
Just trying to be helpful here but may come off as knit picky but your ranking categories aren't labeled. All I'm seeing for each ranking category is "=== [] ===". Other than that Nice job with the review.
Rapid Shadow Aug 11, 2021 @ 2:00pm 
Thanks for your input Kal! I would recommend playing Darksiders Genesis to you because it’s nothing like Diablo if you’re comparing it to farming gears but I never said this wasn’t a re-playable game. There’s enough to do after completing the story, such as the achievements and the arena. Don’t get me wrong, you’re correct about the story, it’s definitely meant to be played for it’s gameplay.
Kal Aug 11, 2021 @ 1:17pm 
Similar games Grim Dawn and Lost ark but replayability 0?
That's like the opposite. It sounds like a game you play just to finish it. Diablo games (grim dawn, path of exile, titan quest, wolcen, and so on) arent played to finish the story, but to farm better gear, skills and so on endlessly. Story is the least imp'ortant thing in those games.
I havent played this game, just pointing out soimething that doesnt sound right in your review.
Rapid Shadow Jul 12, 2021 @ 12:02am 
Thank you! :HatHealth:
synthwave. Jul 11, 2021 @ 4:27pm 
:luv:Nice Review!